This type of vegetable has really many positive qualities that summer residents and gardeners like so much throughout the country, it is worthwhile to find out why this variety has become so popular and popular. Tomato "Nobleman": the characteristics and description of the variety, reviews, photos, yield, we consider in the article below.
Tomato Nobleman budenovka, like tomato "Miracle of the market" relate to determinant varieties, and fruit ripening occurs on average, the State Institute of Agricultural Crops began to engage in the cultivation of this variety several years ago, the task was set for workers to obtain a variety that can be grown on a large industrial scale, and also used for planting private plots.
The tomatoes themselves were supposed to bring greater productivity, while the plants turned out to be resistant to changing weather and climate. Tomato "Nobleman" has all these positive qualities, for this reason it is so popular throughout our country.
The main description of the variety
According to reviews, this tomato variety has many necessary qualities to plant tomatoes in central Russia, or even in Siberia, because whoever planted these plants indicates that the yield of the variety was at its best. This type of tomato can be considered the best of all hybrids that have been bred by breeders before.
Seeds have a unique ability to germinate even in difficult weather conditions, and the plants themselves give a fairly good crop even if they are subjected to the Siberian climate. Such plants are planted not only in open ground, but also in greenhouse rooms, the yield from this does not practically change, but in a colder climate it is best to plant in greenhouse rooms.
This plant can form bushes on its own, usually they reach in size from one and a half to two meters, but if the gardener does not limit the growth of this bush, then there have been cases when the bush grew from three to four meters in height. Very tall bushes can grow only in greenhouse conditions, open ground allows this plant to grow no more than two meters in height.
From the day of landing until harvesting it can take about three months, in the photo you can see that the tomatoes grow large enough, on average their size can be about 250 grams, but there are also quite rare specimens that gain from five hundred to seven hundred grams of weight.
The productivity of the budenovka is good enough, if you look at the ripened fruits, you can see that they have the shape of a truncated cone, for this reason they are very similar to tomatoes called “Bull’s heart”. In mature form, tomatoes acquire a rich raspberry hue. As mentioned above, this variety has a large number of positive characteristics that allow it to be planted not only in warm regions or in the middle zone of Russia, but also in the Urals and Siberia.
Advantages and disadvantages
In the photo you can see that the tomatoes of this variety have a beautiful color and quite large sizes, but in addition to this plant, there are other positive qualities that are worth talking about in more detail. For example, this type of tomato does not require special care, even a beginner gardener will be able to cope with planting and growing this variety on his site.It is also worth noting the high resistance to various types of diseases that can affect tomato plants.
A great advantage of tomatoes is the fact that they grow well even in unprotected soil under adverse weather and climate conditions. After the fruits ripen, they do not crack, which is a very big advantage over other types of large tomatoes. Tomatoes have very good taste, their pulp after ripening becomes sugary and sweet, and the fruits acquire a pleasant aroma.
It is recommended to grow such tomatoes for processing into juice or ketchup, and they are also used in various baking dishes. A good dense peel forms on the fruits, it helps to maintain the freshness of the crop for a sufficiently long period. This variety is not only stored for a long time, but also amenable to transportation. In addition to all this, plants show a high level of productivity; about thirty kilograms of fruits can be collected from one square meter.
And although this variety has so many necessary qualities, there are also negative aspects to growing this plant. To begin with, it should be said that the sowing of this variety is carried out a little later than the seeds of small-fruited plants are planted, and the fact that when the fruits ripen, these plants need to be protected from gusts of wind so that the tomato stems do not break off, is also considered a minus.
Although this plant has rather thick stems, it will have to be tied up, as the bushes are quite tall, and since the tomatoes are large enough, they cannot be preserved in their entirety. But this is not all the drawbacks of the variety, because there are two of the most important disadvantages of "Nobles", which will certainly affect the future harvest.
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One of the minuses is watering the plant, if you do not do it on time, the plant will lose inflorescences, you will also have to constantly feed the variety, since the bush itself is impressive in size. In addition, the summer resident will have to clean the stepsons and cut off the peduncles.
Growing Features
We have already written above that this variety can be grown not only in open ground, but also in greenhouse conditions, which gardener will decide which planting method to use. Well, in order to get the best yield, it is worth learning some nuances of growing this variety.
First you need to indicate that no more than three bushes of this tomato variety can be planted per square meter, seedlings will also grow faster if you put a little fertilizer in the wells before planting. It is necessary to remove stepsons from each bush, if this is not done, then the tomatoes after ripening will not be tasty. Well, so that the fruits are larger, you can begin the formation of the lower bush of this plant, no more than four flowers are left on each shoot.
Since these plants have the ability to grow more than two meters in height, gardeners are advised to tie the bushes to the growth process. If this is not done, then the branches under their own weight and under the weight of the fruit will fall to the ground, which will lead to rotting of the tomatoes and a significant decrease in the yield of the bush. Tying is done already upon reaching the bush one and a half meters in height, then the tying process continues as the bush grows.
If the gardener will know exactly about the advantages and disadvantages of such varieties of tomatoes, then he will be able to decide whether there is a need to plant plants on his site. Although it is worth saying that all these minor flaws will fully pay off with the resulting crop.
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